Steve said:
> KC <kohemp@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> On Apr 23, 7:11=A0pm, Eggs Zachtly <r...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> Chas Hurst said:
>>>
>>> > Is there a selective herbicide that controls annual bluegrass
growing
>>> > in=
>>
>>> > perenial bluegrass?
>>>
>>> Not that I've ever heard of. I called a spray tech from work, and he
>>> said the same thing.
>>> --
>>>
>>> Eggs
>>>
>>> -Op****tunities always look bigger going than coming.
>>
>> I don't have any experience with bluegrass, but I have to ask the
>> question anyway: If annual bluegrass comes back every year from seed,
>> why wouldn't a preemergence control it without harming the perennial?
>>
>> KC
>>
> Pre-e will help somewhat but timing is everything. I use it in August
for
> poa control here in northern Ohio. You have to be careful to stay away
from
> bentgrass with it, and not to apply too much for fear of root pruning on
> your desirable turfgrass.
>
> You have to apply it after the poa dies back and before it
re-germinates,
> which is generally late summer.
Which then leaves the dillema that you then can't reseed the perennial
bluegrass, in the fall. The pre-emergent doesn't care who's seed is trying
to poke through the barrier.
Poa annua sucks. I can't imagine trying to rid it from a lawn of P.
pratensis. They're the same genus. Even /if/ such a selective herbicide
were available, being species-specific would put it well out of reach of a
homeowner, both in cost as well as by government regulations.
--
Eggs
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